Pausanias Analysis

Passage 7.8.4

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Passage 7.8.4: Achaeans' hostility toward Sparta after Nabis's overthrow

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

ὅσα μὲν δὴ Ἀχαιοὶ Μακεδόσιν ἢ στρατιᾷ τῇ Σύρων ἐναντία ἐτάξαντο, φιλίᾳ τῇ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἔπραξαν· ἐς δὲ Αἰτωλοὺς ἐκ παλαιοῦ σφισιν ἦν οἰκεῖα ἐγκλήματα. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἡ Νάβιδος ἐν Σπάρτῃ τυραννὶς κατελέλυτο, ἐς πλείστην ὠμότητα ἀνδρὸς ἀφικομένου, τὰ ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους αὐτίκα ἐνεπεπτώκει·

English Translation

Indeed, in all their confrontations arranged against the Macedonians or the Syrian army, the Achaeans acted in friendship with the Romans; but against the Aetolians they had longstanding personal grievances. After the tyranny of Nabis in Sparta had been overthrown—his rule having brought about extreme cruelty—the Achaeans immediately turned their attention toward the Lacedaemonians.

Proper Nouns

Aetolians (Αἰτωλοί) person
Lacedaemonians (Λακεδαιμόνιοι) person
Macedonians (Μακεδόνες) person
Nabis (Νάβις) person
Syrians (Σῦροι) person
Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) person
Romans (Ῥωμαῖοι) person
Sparta (Σπάρτη) place Q5690 Pleiades
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